Farmville Historic District (Farmville, Virginia)

Farmville Historic District

Norfolk and Western depot with the High Bridge Trail
Location Roughly bounded by Main, Venable, High, Ely, School, First Ave., Irving, Second Ave., Oak, W. Third St., and Mill, Farmville, Virginia
Coordinates 37°18′1″N 78°23′55″W / 37.30028°N 78.39861°W / 37.30028; -78.39861Coordinates: 37°18′1″N 78°23′55″W / 37.30028°N 78.39861°W / 37.30028; -78.39861
Architect Multiple
Architectural style Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal
NRHP Reference # 89001822[1]
VLR # 144-0027
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 30, 1989
Designated VLR April 18, 1989; October 11, 2005[2]
Farmville Station Train Station near the Junction of the Southern Railway and the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad on Mill and First Streets

Farmville Historic District is a national historic district located at Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It encompasses 246 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object (the Confederate Monument)in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Farmville. It includes a variety of commercial, residential, institutional, and industrial buildings dating from the mid-19th to early-20th centuries. Notable buildings include the Paulett-Gill house (c. 1858), Farmville Presbyterian Church (1828, 1859), Johns Memorial Episcopal Church (1881), Farmville Methodist Church (1907), former Hotel Weyanoke (1925), the warehouses of the Dunnington Tobacco Company and Central Virginia Processing, Inc., the former Craddock-Terry Shoe Company, the former Cunningham and Company tobacco prizery, Norfolk and Western Railroad passenger station (c. 1905), Doyne Building (c. 1890), the Watkins M. Abbitt Federal Building (1917), Prince Edward County Courthouse, and the former Farmville High School (1913). Located in the district is the separately listed First Baptist Church.[3][4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ David A. Edwards and John S. Salmon (March 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Farmville Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map
  4. ↑ Jean McRae (August 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Farmville Historic District (Amendment)" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.


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